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#@§**=:... ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. ..:=**§@##
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##@§**=:.. ######################################## ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... ........................................ ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... :::::::::::::: ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. : PROPERTIES : ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. :::::::::::::: .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. :::::::::::::: ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. : COLLECTION : .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. :::::::::::::: ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... PURPOSE VERY WELL - THE LIZARDS USE ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... AIR, WHICH THEN ARE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... ::::::::::::: ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... : AS A DRUG : ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. ::::::::::::: ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. . ONE SPOON . ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... ..... ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... THE DRUG IS USED BY THE LIZARDS IN ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS) ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... CONFUSING. ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. . FOUR SPOONS . .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. ..... ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... THOUGHT DOES NOT OCCUR). SENSES MORE ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... ACUTE BUT "UNIMPORTANT" (IGNORED). ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. INNER PERCEPTIONS TAKE THE UPPER HAND, ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. ABSTRACTION AND MEMORY FACULTIES ARE .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS. ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. INCLINED). ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... . SEVEN SPOONS . ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... ..... ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... EATERS, MOOD READING OF THOSE WHO STAY ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... SOBER (WORTH NOTING THAT THE THOUGHTS ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... ARE VERY FRAGMENTED AND HARD TO ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. DECIPHER, UNLESS YOU ARE AT A SIMILAR ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. LEVEL OF SPOONS). AT THIS POINT THE .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. BODY IS HARD TO MOVE, AND STARTS LOSING ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... WATER. ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. . NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE . ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. ..... .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY, ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. OR NOT FORMED. .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... ::::::::::: ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... : DANGERS : ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. ::::::::::: ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER - ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... THIRST IS ONE OF THE LAST SENSES TO ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... ACTUALLY LOCOMOTION OF THE BODY... ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... WALKING AROUND IS STILL SOMEWHAT ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... POSSIBLE AFTER LOSING SIGHT, WHICH HAVE ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE ....:=**§@
#@§**=:... OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED ...:=**§@#
##@§**=:.. BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS ..:=**§@##
###@§**=:. LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE .:=**§@###
##@§**=:.. THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES ..:=**§@##
#@§**=:... ARE DEAD AND GONE. ...:=**§@#
@§**=:.... ....:=**§@
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